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Re: Is every MSM outlet except Fox News a mouthpiece for the DNC?

Er... no, they're not. Some are more progressive leaning than others. CNN tries to maintain a semblance of phony balance by playing devil's advocate on every issue.

You've fallen for the conservative victimization view that everyone outside your bubble is against you.

Your post makes no sense. You acknowledge that some are more progressive than others and that CNN has a phony balance, that tells me you basically agree that every major news outlet other than fox has a left lean. In that case, American is absolutely correct when he says that Fox IS the balance; in that it provides a rightward take to balance the leftward take that exists everywhere else. Its not victimization, its fact. The reason Fox is so popular is BECAUSE it is different from every other major news source.

Re: Is every MSM outlet except Fox News a mouthpiece for the DNC?

Originally Posted by Fletch

Your post makes no sense. You acknowledge that some are more progressive than others and that CNN has a phony balance, that tells me you basically agree that every major news outlet other than fox has a left lean.

I said the some news outlets have a left lean, and cited CNN as one that generally isn't left leaning. The question was whether or not every MSM except Fox News was a mouthpiece for the DNC.

Re: Is every MSM outlet except Fox News a mouthpiece for the DNC?

I said the some news outlets have a left lean, and cited CNN as one that generally isn't left leaning. The question was whether or not every MSM except Fox News was a mouthpiece for the DNC.

There are really only 5 major ones. Fox, NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN. We know Fox is right leaning, you have said CNN has phony balance, which it does. And it certainly is left leaning and always has been. And you acknowledge that of the other 3 some are more progressive than others. That sort of piles them all in the left leaning category differing only in degree. Which is the truth.

Re: Is every MSM outlet except Fox News a mouthpiece for the DNC?

Originally Posted by Fletch

There are really only 5 major ones. Fox, NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN. We know Fox is right leaning, you have said CNN has phony balance, which it does. And it certainly is left leaning and always has been. And you acknowledge that of the other 3 some are more progressive than others. That sort of piles them all in the left leaning category differing only in degree. Which is the truth.

Again, you are ignoring the poll question which you challenged me on. Being left leaning, centrist, or just broadcasting the news is not being a mouthpiece for the Democrats.

Re: Is every MSM outlet except Fox News a mouthpiece for the DNC?

If there was or is any doubt that the MSM does the bidding for the DNC, proof positive has been provided by this past weeks coverage of Hillary Clinton's announcement for the Democrat nomination and their over the top coverage of her caravan to Iowa. Several Republican candidates have announced and not one of them has received wall to wall daily coverage of the like that Clinton is receiving. It's frankly quite nauseating but there is one benefit. The media is so blatantly and transparently in the tank for Clinton that 19 months of this type of fawning coverage will surely turn the majority of Americans off as well as give them clear indication of the woman for whom she is and it won't be pretty.

"Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views." William F. Buckley Jr.

Re: Is every MSM outlet except Fox News a mouthpiece for the DNC?

Originally Posted by CanadaJohn

If there was or is any doubt that the MSM does the bidding for the DNC, proof positive has been provided by this past weeks coverage of Hillary Clinton's announcement for the Democrat nomination and their over the top coverage of her caravan to Iowa. Several Republican candidates have announced and not one of them has received wall to wall daily coverage of the like that Clinton is receiving. It's frankly quite nauseating but there is one benefit. The media is so blatantly and transparently in the tank for Clinton that 19 months of this type of fawning coverage will surely turn the majority of Americans off as well as give them clear indication of the woman for whom she is and it won't be pretty.

Re: Is every MSM outlet except Fox News a mouthpiece for the DNC?

Originally Posted by CanadaJohn

If there was or is any doubt that the MSM does the bidding for the DNC, proof positive has been provided by this past weeks coverage of Hillary Clinton's announcement for the Democrat nomination and their over the top coverage of her caravan to Iowa. Several Republican candidates have announced and not one of them has received wall to wall daily coverage of the like that Clinton is receiving. It's frankly quite nauseating but there is one benefit. The media is so blatantly and transparently in the tank for Clinton that 19 months of this type of fawning coverage will surely turn the majority of Americans off as well as give them clear indication of the woman for whom she is and it won't be pretty.

What are you watching? On the three broadcast networks, I have not seen the type of coverage you claim is out there. Last night, 6:30 ABC barely mentioned Clinton, the night before 6:30 CBS barely mentioned Clinton. In fact not much was said of any candidate on those two broadcasts.

“And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in shewing that religion & Govt will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.”
~ James Madison, letter to Edward Livingston, July 10, 1822

Re: Is every MSM outlet except Fox News a mouthpiece for the DNC?

The american people by in large don't want fair and balanced news. They want sensationalism and for someone to keep repeating to them "Don't worry, you're right".

An ancient proverb about news reporting: If it bleeds, it leads

“And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in shewing that religion & Govt will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.”
~ James Madison, letter to Edward Livingston, July 10, 1822

Re: Is every MSM outlet except Fox News a mouthpiece for the DNC?

Originally Posted by Somerville

What are you watching? On the three broadcast networks, I have not seen the type of coverage you claim is out there. Last night, 6:30 ABC barely mentioned Clinton, the night before 6:30 CBS barely mentioned Clinton. In fact not much was said of any candidate on those two broadcasts.

I've been watching CNN the past week and it's wall to wall Clinton in the most favourable of terms - every hour segment has at least 15 minutes of the Clinton caravan and stories about how she has a new style this time around, yada yada yada, with Clinton mouthpieces for each segment and political "analysts" who are embarrassingly pro-Clinton. It's as if they're all auditioning for the job of Clinton's press secretary or White House press secretary. Truly nauseating.

"Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views." William F. Buckley Jr.